Detailed account of the history of food preservation and distribution using refrigeration. It was fascinating to learn how much of what we eat today is 100% different from the way humans ate historically. It's also terrifying when you think about the absolute chaos if this refrigerated food system collapses. Produce in the open displays of the grocery store, it all has been bred, configured, for the refrigerated transport system. Think that organic tomato or banana is the epitome of healthy food nurtured by nature? Nope, it's gone through selection processes to ensure it has the genes to sustain just-in-time market delivery in tact, and sit in the open for a few hours to a day or two. 

We are woefully undervaluing the people who work in the refrigerated warehouses and delivery parts of the refrigerated system. 

While I found the book to be very informative, I was hoping for more about the collapse of this system. What is being done to protect it in a time where global crises are escalating, and of course, climate change impacts. Still, I recommend the book for anyone interested in how we feed billions of people, and the completely artificial system that feat is dependent upon.